Quotes from Elizabeth George

Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.

God has plans for you and His plans are for good because God Himself is good. He can neither think nor do evil.

It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.

Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal.

God-confidence comes as the Holy Spirit works in us. As we pray and when we make choices that honor God, the Holy Spirit fills us with His power for ministry. When we are filled with God's goodness, we are confidently and effectively able to share His love and joy. As women of prayer open to the transforming touch of the Holy Spirit, we will find his divine life in us overflowing into the lives of others.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God.

It's hard to criticize someone if you are praying for them.

God's Word is the ultimate beauty treatment for every woman.

Your friends are a reflection of you.

Never underestimate the significance of the little things done out of a large heart of love.

God will help you make the choices that guide you into His path for each stage and age of your life.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.

good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better, and your better best.

Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time?

Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy.

If we could simply live in the light of our bodies being temples of the Holy Spirit, our daily life would be transformed.

No matter what you're facing, embrace life in trust and contentment based on your faith in Jesus.

To live out God's plan for your life calls for you to discipline yourself…and your body. To push yourself. To deny yourself.

God has written His divine guidelines for your life right in the Bible.

I really liked the idea of creating a journal myself. It's like the way I clear my throat. I write a page every day, maybe 500 words. It could be about something I'm specifically worried about in the new novel; it could be a question I want answered; it could be something that's going on in my personal life. I just use it as an exercise.

The more time you spend with God, the more you will resemble Him.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.